The Lead Leakage Audit
Most lead leakage is not a traffic problem. It is a missing checkpoint between interest and ownership.
The case study
A four-point lead-leakage audit for a small business that receives enquiries from forms, WhatsApp, email or social but cannot reliably explain where a qualified lead went next.
The situation
A lead can be real, relevant and ready — and still disappear. The usual cause is not one dramatic failure. It is a chain of small gaps: the source is lost, the qualification answer is not carried forward, the owner is unclear, or the follow-up has no deadline.
The audit treats each enquiry as a traceable path. Start with the first signal, follow the handoff, and mark the first point where evidence, ownership or timing becomes ambiguous. That point is the leak to fix first.
What they did
- 1Trace the source: record the page, campaign, channel and original request so the next person sees the same context as the first responder.
- 2Check the qualification handoff: confirm that the evidence and lane — ready, needs context or nurture — travel with the lead instead of being reconstructed later.
- 3Test ownership: name the person responsible for the next action and the response window. A shared inbox is a queue, not an owner.
- 4Test recovery: define the fallback, log the outcome and review the first broken checkpoint each week before adding more volume.
The output, one visible leak
Before / after
Find the first broken checkpoint
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